Anthropology at Pacific University

If you plan to study anthropology, take a look at what Pacific University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and approximately 3,808 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 3 anthropology majors received their bachelor's degree from Pacific.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Anthropology section at the bottom of this page.

Pacific Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Pacific Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology progam at Pacific compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The anthropology major at Pacific is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Anthropology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	353

Anthropology Student Demographics at Pacific

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the anthropology majors at Pacific University.

Pacific Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 anthropology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Pacific. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at Pacific are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pacific University with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Pacific also has a doctoral program available in anthropology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Sociology
• Political Science & Government
• Criminology

Careers That Anthropology Grads May Go Into

A degree in anthropology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for OR, the home state for Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Managers	7,850	$94,400
Anthropologists and Archeologists	270	$63,090
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	110	$98,460

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.